Right-wing Newsmax host Greg Kelly became the laughingstock of the internet this morning when he raged tweeted about an employee at his local McDonald’s calling him a “Male Karen.”
In a tweet posted at 8:58 a.m., 52-year-old Kelly voiced his outrage over learning that the restaurant no longer sold the “McFish” sandwich.
“I just went to a MACDONALD’S (sic) and there was no MCFISH on the menu,” he fumed. “When the hell did that happen? Is it permanently banned? Or is just my ‘local’ MACDONALD’S (sic).”
I just went to a MACDONALD’S and there was no MCFISH on the menu. When the hell did that happen? Is it permanently banned? Or is just my “local” MACDONALD’S. I demanded to see the “manager” but they accused me of being a “MALE KAREN” so i walked out. pic.twitter.com/oSpgFqfYGZ
— Greg Kelly (@gregkellyusa) February 4, 2021
For the record, there’s no such thing as a “McFish” sandwich. What Kelly probably meant to say was the restaurant no longer sold the “Filet-o-Fish.”
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Also for the record, demanding to speak to the manager before 9 a.m. about a $2 fish sandwich most definitely fits the criteria for being a “Karen”, male or female.
Others were quick to point this out to him…
A male Karen walks into a restaurant he can’t spell correctly, asks for something that has never been on the menu, asks to see the manager and leaves in a huff.
Perhaps he should have gone to McDonalds and asked for a Filet-O-Fish.
I’m surprised you didn’t pull a gun on them. pic.twitter.com/ReKf9Ugfuu
— Skidz (@TA_Skidz) February 4, 2021
He probably asked to see the MacManager, but they didn’t have one of those either.
— Orange Man Gone (@MomentOfZehn) February 4, 2021
You “just” went to MCDONALD’S (proper spelling) to order a Filet-O-Fish (proper name) at 10am (breakfast). They do not serve the Filet-O-Fish at 10am. Herein lies your problem. Of course they called a middle-aged man trying to eat a fish sandwich at 10am a “MALE KAREN.”
— Some Guy (@GoodKidDadCity) February 4, 2021
OMFG this is a real tweet 😂
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) February 4, 2021
It’s McDonald’s.
It’s a Filet-O-Fish.
And your tweet confirms the “male Karen” accusation.
— Samantha Sanderson (@SamSanderson123) February 4, 2021
top 5 things here:
5. MCFISH (it’s fillet-o-fish, dude)
4. MACDONALDS (…like, bro)
3. MALE KAREN
2. 9:58 AM
1. “””””manager””””””— Erikk (@erikk38) February 4, 2021
EXECPT that the photo used here is actually from a Google listing for a McDonalds in the Bronx taken in 2017. Also it’s called a Filet-o-Fish. This is fake. https://t.co/qcRHyjDzHi pic.twitter.com/t7VZGdhqZv
— Andrew Springer (@springer) February 4, 2021
He also tried to order it for breakfast.
Who the fuck eats a fried fish sandwich from a fast food place for breakfast?
— Israel Martin 🇲🇽 (@IsraelMartin87) February 4, 2021
Please stay with this important story sir.
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) February 4, 2021
What I learned from this tweet:
A male Karen is a “Greg”.
— Radioactive Dinosaur (@JeffSaysStuff2) February 4, 2021
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
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loren_1955
Through all of this we are really seeing and finding out who the true entitled are in this country…the right wing conservatives who feel they have a right to abuse people even publicly. Talk about the real snow flakes. A disgusting lot.
Karrnal
A “Karen” is not a person who simply complains. A “Karen” is a person who bases a complaint on racil issues.
Cam
That isn’t true.
“”Karen is a pejorative term for women seeming to be entitled or demanding beyond the scope of what is normal. The term also refers to memes depicting white women who use their privilege to demand their own way.””
HowDemApples
Its not the entitlement for me. Its the self entitlement for me.
trell
Not necessarily.
While there have been examples of “Karens” in the media spotlight who have based their outbursts around racial issues, there have been other examples of Karens who have ranted over other minor issues (being told to wear masks in public areas, for example)
Anyone who chooses to have a major outburst about a minor thing, which any person of normal standing would find unreasonable, or excessive, would be a total and utter Karen.
( Apologies to all the women of the world who were christened “Karen” before the internet chose that label. )
Mack
In all fairness he could have been ordering the sandwich to eat later. Just because someone buys something at 8 am doesn’t mean they’re going to eat it then.
barryaksarben
His reaction at any time was way too over the top. He is a KAREN in that his entitlement was blaringly obvious. This white man should get any damned thing he wants even if it isnt available for everyone else
Max
if it were true, Kelly is a weirdo ordering a fish sandwich only to eat it later cold.
Openminded
I’ll have to research and see if FoF is off the menu everywhere. I got a craving for a choc dipped cone last week just to be told by our local McDs that they no longer did dipped cones, only plain vanilla. Glad I didn’t ask to see a manager about that.
8millionandcounting
Was he drunk? Who does that?
cuteguy
His lord Trump loved McD so that’s why he thought he would get the McRoyal red carpet treatment bc he works for that entertainment channel “News”max that his lord Trump endorses.
Cam
So he’s supposedly been eating these things for ages yet doesn’t even know the name of the sandwich?
right wing entitled people are always desperate to play victim about something.
Man About Town
I continue to be thrilled that these entitled nitwits are called Karen because that’s my sister’s name and she’s the original standardized psychobitch!
zealot
Anyone wanting fish that early in the morning is def straight.
And weird.
DrJones
People like him (cis white straight conservative male) love to conveniently forget our disregard we are in a pandemic and things are different. While the Filet-o-Fish has been on McDonald’s menu for decades despite never really bringing in money, it is subject to local availability and most stores/restaurants wouldn’t serve something like that during non-lunch/dinner hours. For most places breakfast is until 10a, with some items from either breakfast or the regular menu being served at 1030-11 while they switch over. McDonald’s removed certain menu items in March like the “all day breakfast” items like an egg McMuffin to streamline distribution during challenges in the pandemic. This i learned as we were trying to stop at a few McDonald’s to find one on Christmas as we traveled to our Airbnb when nothing else was open. Did we freak out like Karens when learning that? Of course not. And btw male Karens are referred to as either “Kevin” or “Ken.”
BThom
Graham, did you miss the part about Greg Kelly making this up, it was a joke. He was having fun. Conservatives do that, they have fun.
Cam
You’re welcome to post any link that proves that.
Invader7
Who?